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We’re quite used to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticizing the Iranian nuclear program at every turn; right-wing denunciations out of Capitol Hill are hardly surprising, either. But Iranian criticism? Sure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may have come under fire…

Iran has recently been trying to play itself up as a potential ally of the West – a leader, even – in the fight against Islamic State, with leading news outlets and journalists such as The Washington Post and the…

Superficially, the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip should have little to do with Iran. Yet all sides implicate Iran. Israel accuses Iran of shipping weapons to the Islamist organization, arming it as it has armed the…

Terrorism is all over the news these days. From Gaza to Iraq, from Washington to Tehran, everybody’s using it liberally. About what, you ask? Everything from those wishing to topple regimes in Iraq and Syria to, well, those of the…

It’s been months since we last wrote about the comeback of Seyed Hossein Mousavian under the presidency of his friend Hassan Rouhani, but that’s not to say he’s stayed out of the spotlight. On the contrary – he’s been quite…

Delegates from Iran and the six world powers met in Vienna once again this week for yet another round of expert-level talks. America warned that the negotiators might not be able to meet the July 20 deadline for inking a…

More than three years into the civil war in Syria, which has cost about 150,000 lives so far, it is possible to see which way the wind is blowing – if you ask Tehran. What started as a genuine struggle…